暑くなると、このアルバムを良く聴きます。
NYフュージョンの実力派ミュージシャンがSMAPの曲を演奏したインストアルバム。
ADLIB BEST RECORD OF THE YEAR 1996受賞
Vinnie Colaiuta(Ds), Wiliam “Juju” House(Ds), Omar Hakim(Ds), Tony Cambell(Ds), Bernard Purdie(Ds)
Will Lee(B), James Genus(B), Chuck Rainey(B), George Mraz(B)
Romero Lubanbo(G), Hiram Bullock(G), Nobuyasu Horikoshi(G), Nick Morock(G), David T. Walker(G), David Spinozza(G)
Jim Beard(P), Philippe Saisse(P), Gil Goldstein(P), Ken Morimura(P)
Michael Minieri(Vib), William Galison(Harmonica), Don Alias(Per), Cafe(Per), Giovanni Hidalco(Per), Makoto “Kimuchi” Kimura(Per)
Roger Ingram(Tp), Randy Brecker(Tp), Byron Stripling(Tp), Tony Kadleck(Tp), Arturo Sandoval(Tp), Joseph Giorgianni(Tp), John Allmark(Tp)
Jim Pugh(Tb), Slide Hampton(Tb), John Wheeler(Tb), Douglas Purviance(Tb), John Mosca(Tb), Ed Neumeister(Tb)
Dave Valentin(Fl), Ted Nash(Fl, Ts), Rich Perry(Fl, Ts), Billy Drewes(Cl, As), Gary Smulyan(Bcl), Earl Mcluntye(Tuba, Tb)
Dick Oatts(Ss), Jerome Richardson(As), Jerry Dodgion(As), Jay Beckenstain(As), John Scarpulla(As, Ts), Michael Brecker(Ts), Danny McCaslin(Ts), Ronnie Cuber(Bs), Gary Smulyan(Bs)